Sash-holdeb



UNiTEn sTATEs rATEN'r arriba.

HENRY T. STANARI), OF VAYNE, MICHIGAN.

SASH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent No, 32,557, dated June 25, 1861.

To all whomdt may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY T. STANARD, of IVayne, in the county of Vayne,in the State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Machine forFastening lindow- Sashes; and I do hereby declare that the following isa` full, clear, and exact description of the construction and opeationof the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, n'iaking apart of this specification, in which Figure l; is an elevation of thatpart of the janib of the window frame to which the fastening is applied,being that part where the two sash ineet; Fig. 2; is a verticaltransverse section through the line 2, '2, Fig. l, Fig. 3; is ahorizontal section through line 3, 3, Fig. l.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

This invention consists in fastening sash by pressing any elasticsubstance firin against the sash, operated by lneans of a lever and cainas will be hereinafter described.

To enable those skilled in the art to inake and use 1ny invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawing A, represents the jainb or pulley stile; B, the blindstop; C, C, vthe ways for the sashes; D, the parting strip between thesash; E, inside stop (a part of which is reinoved,) F, is a piece of anyelastic substance let into the jainb and fastened with a screw at oneend, at g; N, is a nietal plate with projections in front, in which ishung the cams, H, H, which turn freelyk on the pins a, a.; there areother projections upon the back of plate N, in which is hung the leverL, to turn freely on pin p, Fig. 3; I-I, H, Fig. 2, are cani-shapedlevers that turn freely on the pins a, n, and work through the slot inthe plate Il, and act upon the lever L; L, is a spring to keep the calnsand lever in place.

The operation of the several parts herein above described is as follows:After placing the sash in the required position, turn the handle of thecani down as shown by the red lines in Fig'. 2; this acts upon the leverL, bringing it in the position shown by the red lines in Fig. 3,pressing the elastic substance firln against the sash; thereby holdingit firln in its position, when the handle H, is again brought to anupright position the spring z, acts upon the lever L, and the elasticVsubstance recedes to its seat in the jainb allowing the sash to inovefreely up or down. To regulate the degree of pressure against the sash;the elastic substance lnay be thicker or thinner as the case niayrequire. A horizontal section through line Ll, l, Fig. l, is the salnein principle as the one shown at Fig. 3.

Having thus described iny invention, what I claiinas 4new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is;

The cani H, lever L, and elastic substance F, all arranged and operatingas herein specified. p

HENRY T. STANARD.

itnesses VILLARD EDMoNDs, JOHN DoLsoN.

